Apartment Therapy Tagged: remote control

Remote Controlled Jack-O-Lantern Lights

What's Halloween without a Jack-O-Lantern? Safe from fires, that's what. To make your carved pumpkin creations much safer—and more high-tech, to boot!—replace the candle with a remote-cont...

Touchscreen Remote for New Apple TV?

We normally stay clear away from the rumour mill, especially regarding Apple products (it almost always results in disappointment), but this report caught our interest due to personal reasons. As Appl...

CRISTAL Remote Control Home Theater System

As consumer technology convergence starts folding in a whole array of lighting, home entertainment and automation systems, even so-called universal remotes often fail to be intuitive to use. So the ...

Change Channels with the Kymera Magic Wand TV Remote

Put this device in the "we wouldn't want everyone to know we like it" category (oops...guess we just did), a nerdy-tech devices we'd hide away when certain more "mature" guests are over. Straight out ...

Do You Leave Remote Directions for Guests?

Our friend, a meticulous planner, is leaving her three-year-old with a non-grandma sitter for the first time ever. As you might assume, she's got a binder ready with all the information for the sitter...

Sony Waterproof Universal Remotes

Are you one of those people who have a propensity for spilling your drink on your home electronics? Do you like big, easy to read buttons and maybe have a Sanrio themed home theater system you'd like ...

Do Remote Controls Work Thru Frosted Glass?
Good Questions

Q - I am thinking of creating a long floating credenza like the one you just featured in your article on creative storage. If you have the DVR and other components in the cabinets, do remote control...

Flip the Switch on Battery-Powered Devices

The only thing worse than realizing your remote control/razor/digital camera has killed it's batteries is peeking in the kitchen/utility closet/desk drawer and finding exactly one fewer battery than y...

Wiimotes Are at Home in Wii-Branded Cozies

One of the quickest and easiest ways to keep a gang of remotes from cluttering up the coffee table and looking tidy instead is to simply bundle them up into some kind of cozy. Whether it's a cloth bas...

VIZIO XVT Flat Panel with Integrated Internet Apps

Sidestepping set top solutions, VIZIO is forging ahead with the convergence of HDTV displays with the utilities and options normally limited to PCs or HTPC setups with their new VIZIO's "XVT" Series, ...

"I'm Not a Clock" FM Radio is Telling the Truth

Yeah, yeah... If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck it's probably a duck. But even though this gadget quacks like a clock, it's not a clock. In fact, "I'm Not a Clock" is its name. It's a rad...

Too Many Remotes? Here's an Idea for Clearing Your Coffee Table...

With a media room packed with gadgets for TV, DVD, Blu Ray, Digital Cable, CD and MP3 entertainment, remote storage is sure to get tricky. You could turn to our post on the best remote control storage...

CES 2009: Hitachi's Gesture Remote Control TV Prototype

Taking a cue from the popularity of the Nintendo Wii, Hitachi's engineers showcased a motion-gesture remote control system that brought flashbacks of Mr. Miyagi telling Daniel-san to "wax on, wax off"...

Remostyle ARS-3000 Universal Remote

No, that's not a strange retro Fred Ward movie endorsement you're seeing up there, but another fine example of Jinglish at its finest. The Remostyle Universal Remote is what we've always wanted in our...

Air Media Remote: Use Movement To Control Media PC

If you are in love with the Nintendo Wii and the Wiimote, this might be the perfect universal remote control for you. The Movea Gyration Air Music Remote with MotionSense (I kid you not!) offers all t...

Roundup: Top 5 Remote Universal Controls

Finding the right remote control for your home theater system isn't always easy, especially when they can cost as much as some HDTVs. This roundup includes all sorts of remotes. One of them will surel...

Eizo Mouse/Remote Control Combo: Ideal For Home Theater PCs

When you are setting up your home theater system, you will usually look for a way to integrate a PC into the console mix. It's not always easy and doesn't always look nice. However, there a loads of s...

Philips Pronto TSU 9800: The Ultimate Universal Remote

Thinking of getting the ultimate universal remote control? Watch out, because Philips has just announced a new remote that will cost you as much as a flat panel HDTV. The Philips Pronto TSU 9800 is, f...

Remote Buddy Homes and Locates your Plethora of Controllers

Um, so we have a lot of remotes -- one each for our Pioneer amp, Philips DVD player, Samsung TV, and our Macbook. We lost our first Macbook remote when one of the kitties hid it somewhere, and well, ...

Colorful Sony RM-PLZ510D Universal Remotes

That grey or black universal remote on your living room table not doing it for you anymore? Well Sony thinks you shouldn't have to settle for monochromatic peripherals for your home theater setup, so ...